Brooke Berman

Brooke Berman commented on Deanna Zandt's article COUNTDOWN TO PUBLICATION: Book "Tour" Planning—I Use the Term Loosely (61 days)

April 2010

Dear Deanna, This is GREAT! You're so organized -- it's impressive. My book is coming out in about eight weeks also -- okay, seven -- and I was also amazed and a little disappointed to learn that book-tour activities and travel would be out of...

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jodi sh doff commented on Brooke Berman's article A Few Things I Leared About Memoir-writing in 2009 (the year I sold and then wrote my memoir!)

December 2009

Love that last point "Real honesty takes more than one draft." I've also found it pretty interesting and revealing between the fact checking (really? I could've sworn it was over there and I was two years younger) to rewriting what I'd written and...

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Brooke Berman commented on her article A Few Things I Leared About Memoir-writing in 2009 (the year I sold and then wrote my memoir!)

December 2009

Exactly! I had the luxury of being at Yaddo when I was working on the last draft, and I too did the "Really?" busting process. "Really?... Really? Is that the most honest thing you can say about that moment?" The book is called No Place Like Home....

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Kamy Wicoff commented on Brooke Berman's article A Few Things I Leared About Memoir-writing in 2009 (the year I sold and then wrote my memoir!)

December 2009

I couldn't agree more with #5 -- when I wrote my memoir I engaged in an intense editing process I called, in high-falutin' literary style, "busting myself." Every time I thought I'd explained my actions or feelings, every time I arrived at a place...

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Brooke Berman posted an article A Few Things I Leared About Memoir-writing in 2009 (the year I sold and then wrote my memoir!)

December 2009

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